“The first few weeks I did make mistakes, but my Dietitian helped me work through it and we went back to basics and kept consistency… I followed her advice and each week the scales went down, the tape got shorter and I started to feel incredibly motivated and proud of myself. I was kept accountable in a supportive environment where I could feel vulnerable and be open and honest with no judgement.”
Our Qualified Health Professionals
You’re not alone! Throughout your program, you’ll see a team of tertiary-qualified health professionals who specialise in weight loss and behaviour change in a one-on-one setting every week. Together, they’ll provide you with the structure and support you need to lose weight and improve your health for life.
Our team of qualified health professionals includes Doctors, Dietitians, Exercise Physiologists and Psychologists. Our health professionals will empower you with practical advice in the areas of nutrition, exercise and healthy living. Here’s how they’ll help you.
Doctor
Doctors specialising in weight management will perform a comprehensive medical history and physical examination to ensure safe and healthy weight loss. They’ll monitor your treatments throughout the program and liaise with your own GP or Specialist on your progress and any medical issue. You will also see them during the maintenance phase and on completion of your program.
Dietitian
You’ll have consultations with your Dietitian nearly every week of your program. They’ll create a nutritionally-balanced meal plan that is tailored to your lifestyle, teach you healthy eating strategies, provide feedback and advice, and discuss any issues from stopping you achieve your healthy weight goal. Importantly, they’re always there for you if you have any questions regarding your health, program or meal plan.
All our dietitians are university educated, Accredited Practising Dietitians and members of the Dietitians Association of Australia, so you can be assured of the highest-quality, professional advice.
Exercise Physiologist
Our university-qualified exercise physiologists are here show you the right exercise to lose body fat and improve your metabolic rate. They’ll assess your goals and then prescribe and guide you through a training program that will be tailored specifically to you.
They’ll also oversee your DEXA Scan to identify where internal body fat is contributing to increased health risks, and accurately map your body composition changes through your weight loss.
Psychologist
Our psychologist will identify your eating cues and provide positive and practical tools to help you control them. By working with our psychologist you’ll improve your mental health, reduce your weight, and maintain a healthy balance.
Personalised One-On-One Care
Our team care approach to weight loss and diabetes management is world class and puts your health and care front and centre. A benefit of seeing our team is that your program is tailored to your individual needs – whatever they may be. Our team have seen thousands of patients – so they know all the issues and roadblocks, and most importantly how to get you results. You can talk to our health professionals about confidential matters such as stress in your life or comfort eating episodes, or ask them to teach you practical skills such as healthy cooking and grocery shopping.
At every consultation, our health professionals record detailed notes on a confidential, highly secure, integrated electronic patient management system. The notes are accessed by your doctor and health professionals to ensure safe and healthy weight loss. Because the Lifeshape team all utilise the one electronic patient management system, your records are always up to date and importantly checked by our team prior to each consultation.
Is it Right for Me?
Don’t let your weight or poor health define your life – success can be achieved by devising a realistic plan and achieving it one week at a time – so you can focus on living, not ‘dieting’. The next step is to find out which of our weight loss programs is right for you with a one hour, no-obligation initial assessment with one of our Dietitians.
